2018-19 Women's Cross Country & Track & Field Roster

Benjamin Krain
Michael Wade
Jonathan Gonzalez
Jonathan Gonzalez
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner

Jessica Gray

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Experience:
    2
  • Hometown:
    Bastrop, La.
  • Prev School:
    Bastrop H.S.
  • High School:
    Bastrop H.S.

Summary

Biography

2019 Outdoor Season: Ran in five meets for the Trojans in both the 200 and 400 ... Ran a season-best 26.08 in the 200 at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (Mar. 23), finishing 12th overall ... Ran a season-best 58.18 in the 400 at the Little Rock Open (Apr. 6), finishing third ... Placed seventh in the 400 at the Ole Miss Classic (Mar. 30) with a 59.05 ... Member of the Trojans' 4x400 meter relay team in three events, including the team that ran a 3:56.09 at the Ole Miss Classic, finishing second.

2019 Indoor Season: Competed in five events for the Trojans ... Ran the 200 meters at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 25), finishing sixth at 26.54 ... Competed in the 400 meters in four meets, running a season-best time of 58.88 at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener (Dec. 1) ... Posted a time of 59.14 at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2) ... Member of the Trojans' 4x400 meter relay time in three meets, including the season-best time of 3:55.36 at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 19), finishing eighth ... Team ran a 3:57.60 at Vanderbilt, finishing fifth.

2018 Outdoor Season: Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors for placing third in the 4x400 at the Sun Belt Championships (May 13) with a time of 3:44.20 — the fourth-fastest time in program history... Ran a personal-best time of 57.36 in the 400 at the Sun Belt Championships and finished 14th... Ran a season-best time of 25.49 in the 200 at the Sun Belt Championships and placed 25th... Ran 12.62 seconds in her only 100-meter race of the season at the Red Wolf Open (April 20-21) and placed seventh.

2017-18 Indoor Season: Helped put up the fifth-fastest 4x400 time in program history at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 20) with a fifth-place time of 3:51.52... Ran a personal-best time of 58.77 in the 400 at the Sun Belt Championships and finished 20th... Ran a personal-best time of 26.23 in the 200 at the A-State Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 3) and finished 13th... Placed 10th in her only 55-meter dash performance of the season at the A-State Invitational (Jan. 26-27) with a time of 7.50 seconds... Placed 14th in her first-ever collegiate long jump competition at the A-State Kickoff Klassic with a mark of 4.85 meters.

2017 Outdoor Season: Placed 17th at the Sun Belt Championship (May 12) in the 400 with a time of 58.20 seconds, her fastest time of the season...Came in third with the Trojans in the 4x400 relay at the Memphis Invitational (April 28)...At the UCA Open (April 15) placed fourth in the 200 and fifth in the 400 with times of 26.06 seconds and 58.80 seconds...Won the 4x400 relay at the Little Rock Open (April 7) and placed fourth in the 400 at that meet as well...Took 13th and 12th in the 100 and 200, respectively, at the Rhodes Invitational (March 17)...Began her season with a sixth-place showing in 1:00.35 in the 400 at the UCA Spring Opener (March 10).

2016-17 Indoor Season: Was part of the winning 4x400 relay at the ASU Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 2) that came across the finish line in 3:58.22...Also ran the 400 as an individual in 1:01.96 at that meet, placing 13th...At the ASU Invitational (Jan. 27), took second place with the 4x400 team in 3:58.11...Placed eighth in the 4x400 relay at the USA Invitational (Feb. 5) in 3:56.50 and also ran the 200 in 26.62 seconds for 34th place...Came across the finish line 45th in the 400 at the Samford Open (Feb. 10), racing to a time of 1:01.25...Also took 13th with the 4x400 relay team in 4:01.26 at that meet...At the Sun Belt Championship (Feb. 20), placed 28th and 30th in the 400 and 200, respectively with times of 1:00.15 and 26.56 seconds.

2016 Outdoor Season: At the Rhodes Invitational (March 18), helped the Trojans to a third-place finish in the 4x400 with a time of 3:57.10...Also ran the 400 in 1:00.32 for sixth place at that meet...At the Louisiana Classic, ran the 200, 400 and 4x400, placing 17th, 19th and second, respectively...Came in second with the team at the Little Rock Invitational (April 8) in the 4x400 relay while also running seventh in the 200 with a time of 25.25 seconds...At the UCA Open (April 15), Ran the 100 in 12.85 seconds for ninth place and the 200 in 25.75 seconds for sixth place...Took fifth in the 4x400 at the Memphis Invitational (April 29)...Came in 22nd at the Sun Belt Championship (May 13) in the 400 with atime of 58.33 seconds.

2015-16 Indoor Season: Ran sprints for the Trojans during her first year with the team, competing in the 200, 400 and 4x400 relays...Gray had a season-best time in the 200 of 26.23 seconds at the Sun Belt Championship (Feb. 22)...Also posted a time of 31.97 seconds at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 22)...Ran the 400 in 1:01.00 at the Sun Belt Championship, her best time of the year...Also posted 400 times of 1:01.92 at the Jaguar Invitational (Feb. 7), 1:03.90 at the ASU Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 6) and 1:04.00 at the ASU Invitational...Ran in one 4x400 relay, helping the Trojans to a time of 4:04.66 at the ASU Kickoff Klassic.

Before Little Rock: Ran four years of track and field at Bastrop, competing in the 400, 4x200, 4x400, 400 and long jump...Took third place at the state championship in the 4x200...Also played a year of basketball as a guard and competed on the Bastrop cheerleading squad for two years.

Personal: Daughter of Isaac and Paula Gray...Intends to major in biology and become a physical therapist.

GRAY'S PERSONAL-BESTS
55 Meters: 7.50 - ASU Invitational (Jan. 27, 2018)
100 Meters: 12.60 - Memphis Invitational (Apr. 29, 2017)
200 Meters: 25.25 - Little Rock Invitational (Apr. 8, 2016)
400 Meters: 57.36 - Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 13, 2018)
Long Jump: 4.85m - A-State Kickoff Classic (Dec. 3, 2017)

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  • 2015-16Freshman

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  • 2016-17Sophomore

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  • 2017-18Junior

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